The Metre Wavelength Sky - II
NCRA-TIFR, Pune

The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) has recently undergone a major upgrade (the “uGMRT'' project) that has significantly improved its scientific capabilities, opening up a wide range of interesting science areas to the radio community. The first uGMRT results are now beginning to appear and the uGMRT will be formally opened in 2019. March 2019 will also mark the 90th birthday of Govind Swarup, who conceived of, and led, the original GMRT project. To celebrate both of these events, the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) will host an international conference on radio astronomy in Pune, India, over 18-22 March 2019.
There will be regular scientific talks and posters on four days, 18, 19, 20 and 22 March. March 21 will be a half-day session, beginning in the afternoon and focussed on low-frequency radio astronomy, the upgraded GMRT, and the contributions of Govind Swarup to the field. This will be followed by the conference dinner.
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Registration NCRA-TIFR
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Inauguration Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Opening remarks
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The ISM of the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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HI 21cm studies of nearby dwarf galaxies
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Mass models of gas-rich void dwarf galaxies
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Diffuse neutral ISM: temperature and turbulence from 21 cm absorption studies
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Structure and Dynamics of the Neutral Hydrogen in the Interstellar Medium
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Algorithms and Techniques Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Wide-field imaging and calibration issues
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Wide-band Mosaic Imaging: The present and the future
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Full Mueller AW-Projection : A generalized direction dependent imaging framework
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Low Frequency Polarimetry with the Very Large Array
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LOFAR2.0 - A premier low-frequency array for the 2020's
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Stars and Exoplanets Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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In Search of Galactic Center Millisecond Pulsars from Steep-Spectrum, Compact Radio Sources
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Stars and Exoplanets Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Magnetic Fields of Extrasolar Planets: Planetary Interiors and Habitability
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Probing the magnetosphere of hot magnetic stars with the uGMRT
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Fast Radio Bursts and Transients Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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ASKAP Fast Radio Bursts
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Fast Radio Bursts at Metre Wavelengths
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Fast Radio Bursts with the GMRT: Results, new developments
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Fast Radio Bursts and Transients Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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The transient radio sky from CHIME/FRB
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Metre-wave snapshot spectroscopic imaging studies of weak solar bursts: New insights
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GMRT view of the first binary neutron star merger GW 170817/GRB 170817A
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A case study of GW 170817: Connection between binary neutron star mergers and short gamma ray bursts revealed through radio observations
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Pulsar Studies Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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The European Pulsar Timing Array
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Probing pulsar scattering properties with the MWA
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The search and detection new pulsars at 111 MHz
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uGMRT timing of the eccentric binary millisecond pulsar NGC 1851A
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The impact of Solar-wind models in pulsar timing
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Pulsar Studies Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Pulsar surveys with the upgraded GMRT
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Expected imprints of the carousel in multi-frequency pulsar observations
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Overview of the CHIME/Pulsar system.
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Pulsar Glitches to Probe Neutron Star Interior
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Probing gravity in the strong-field regime
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Poster viewing session NCRA Lawns (NCRA-TIFR)
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Scintillometry
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Plasma lensing birefringence: a magnetic zoo
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Harnessing the Wideband Potential of uGMRT for Interstellar Scintillation Studies
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Deep Fields and Surveys Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Galactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey: GLEAM and beyond
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The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS)
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Deep uGMRT Band-3 observations of XMMLSS region
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SUPERMIGHTEE: Joint Exploration of the Deep Sky with uGMRT and MeerKAT
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The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey
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Public Lecture Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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The Square Kilometre Array: An Astronomer's Dream Science Machine Chandrasekhar Auditorium
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High-redshift HI 21cm studies Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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CHILES; the COSMOS HI Extragalactic Survey
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The GMRT HI 21cm survey of the Extended Groth Strip
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The Neutral Hydrogen Content of Galaxies at z ~ 0.75 − 1.45
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Tracing HI in radio AGN: associated absorption from low to high redshifts
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HI in intermediate and high-redshift radio AGNs
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High-redshift HI 21cm studies Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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uGMRT and MeerKAT absorption line surveys
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HI absorbers at intermediate redshifts
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First results from Apertif
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The Epoch of Reionization Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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The LOFAR Epoch of Reionization Key Science Project
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The Epoch of Reionization Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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The EDGES result: Absorption of the CMB by the 21-cm hydrogen line at redshift 17 - An update and future plans
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SARAS-II results
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On detecting HI 21-cm signal from drift scan observations
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Application of Gaussian Process Regression Analysis on commissioning HERA-47 Array: Foreground modelling and removal
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Study of Low Frequency Radio Foregrounds using uGMRT - Applications to Cosmological HI signal extraction
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Non-thermal radio emission Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Cosmic-ray astronomy with low-frequency radio instruments
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Evidence for cosmic ray driven galactic winds
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The Interaction of Cosmic Rays with Molecular Clouds in the Galactic Center Region
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The Extended Radio Emission around Isolated Galaxies in Voids
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Low Radio Frequency Spatially Resolved Studies of Nearby Galaxies: Magnetic Field
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The Low-Frequency Radio Sky Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Low Frequency Science and Techniques
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Early History of the VLA - Design, Consruction, Commissioning
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The upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
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High tea Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Special Event "Govind Swarup @ 90 : Celebrating Radio Astronomy in TIFR" Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Conference Dinner NCRA Lawns (NCRA-TIFR)
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Active Galactic Nuclei Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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The physics and impact of radio galaxy populations
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Signatures of AGN Feedback at z~0?
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Remnant radio galaxies in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey
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Restarting phase of the life-cycle of radio galaxies
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GMRT Discovers the Largest Radio Loud Galaxy/Quasar in the Distant Universe
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Active Galactic Nuclei Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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About Radio Outflows in Radio-Quiet AGN
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GMRT low-frequency study of recently identified DDRGs :
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Study of Heavily Obscured and Luminous Quasars with Young Radio Jets at Redshifts, z ~ 2
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Radio spectral ageing in powerful radio galaxies
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The Complete Local-volume Groups Sample: The AGN feedback cycle in nearby galaxy groups
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A tale of a bent, head-tail radio galaxy
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Clusters, Relics, and Halos Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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Insight and perspectives in the study of radio emission in galaxy clusters
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Surveys at ultra-low frequencies: a first look at cosmic rays fate in galaxy clusters
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Searching for Ultra Steep Spectrum Radio Halos with the uGMRT and LOFAR
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Diffuse Radio Emission in ACTPol Clusters
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The Corona Borealis supercluster as seen by LOFAR
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Clusters, Relics, and Halos Chandrasekhar Auditorium (IUCAA)
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A closer look at particle acceleration in galaxy clusters with the Upgraded GMRT
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Diffuse Radio Emission in 'off-state' galaxy clusters.
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Exploring particle (re-)acceleration at low frequencies in merging galaxy clusters
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Insights into cosmic magnetic fields from radio relic observations at metre wavelengths
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